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Terrell County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Alexander W. Terrell
- Seat
- Sanderson
- Largest community
- Sanderson
- Total
- 2,358 sq mi (6,110 km )
- Land
- 2,358 sq mi (6,110 km )
- Water
- 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km ) 0%
- Density
- 0.32/sq mi (0.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .co .terrell .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Terrell County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Terrell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760, making it the seventh-least populous county in Texas, and the 37th-least populous county in the nation. Its county seat is the census-designated place of Sanderson; no incorporated municipalities are in the county. The county was named for Alexander W. Terrell, a Texas state senator. Terrell County is one of the nine counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is the setting for Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men, and the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Terrell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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